Irish Music is not just 4 Paddy's Day #4

Part 4 of my series examining the best of Dublin Session nights: [Much of this post appears here: http://4fortyfour.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/for-the-turnstiles-dublin-music-sessions-feature/#more-991]

The Glor Sessions Poet and host Stephen James Smith kindly answered a few questions about The Glor Sessions.

When and where is The Glor Sessions?
Every Monday in the basement of The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street Dublin 2: http://www.international-bar.com/


What has been your favourite moment at The Glor sessions?
Hard to name but one, so I will have to just name a few things I love about it. 1. the energy created in the room, be it the banter or intimacy. 2. The surprises when I throw it open to the floor, from real genius to just plain madness. 3. Taking it to different festivals such as The Electric Picnic, Festival of World Cultures and The Dublin Writers' Festival to name a few. 4. just get your ass down and see for yourself....


Any Spinal Tap or bizarre moments you want to share?
There have been many it is the nature of the night, but once there was a guy who collapsed down the stairs just opened the door and shouted ballistic.com it was hilarious and still talked about. That is just the tip of the rather large iceberg though.


Name the one artist, band or poet who impressed you the most!
Poet John Cummins, he just got up very unassuming and stormed the stage in his very tranquil way. He had us all in the palm of his hands and took us on a magic journey. Again though I am very lucky to attract a lot of great acts that have wowed us in a similar fashon.


Using youtube, soundcloud or any other media pick one track or poem which best sums up what your night is about!
Here is a playlist of soem vids from the night so see for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/mrstephenjamessmith


Sell yourself with links!
It is Dublins only weekly night of music, spoken word poetry, story telling and madness and all for free. It is a proper sessions where folks listen, the quality is high, while it's is not for the faint of of heart but stick with us and you will come out feeling rewarded with words making you laugh and cry. Simple miss it and miss out!
live ustream streaming:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/stephenjsmith
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheGlorSessions
my site but it is currently crap! http://stephenjamessmith.com/Glor.html
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/mrstephenjamessmith


For Seachtaine na Gaeilge: http://www.snag.ie/ we will be having a focus on the cupla focal, so we have some of the best musicians in Ireland down to play a few tunes in the native teanga and a couple as beala fresin.

The Line up includes.....


MUSIC FROM:


FIACH: http://www.fiach.net/

ENDA REILLY: http://www.endareilly.com/

ROSS BREEN: http://www.rossbreen.com/

PEARSE MCGLOUGHLIN: http://www.walkperson.net/

DANNY KELLEHER


POETRY FROM:

PHIL LYNCH

BRENDAN HICKEY: http://www.myspace.com/brendanhickeypoet


Here's a video of Fiach singing 'So I' as Gaeilge.




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The Lazy Band

The Lazy Band are currently holed up in Bewleys Cafe Theatre on Grafton st, Dublin playing a FREE gig every monday evening at 8 PM. It's a lovely little room with a full bar too!